Greetings, friends, another year
Has threatened us with questionable cheer
We’ve tried to be thrilled with the way we are going
But some of us fell, and that storm just keeps blowing.…
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12-26-24
NFIB names New York State second-worst "judicial hellhole" in the nation, a new program for speciality crop farmers and a new online process offered by NYSEG/RG&E are the topics covered in this week's briefs.…
An earlier column this year asked “Where Did All of the Inflation Come From?” A big myth was busted when we discovered that the origins of recent inflation dated to Trump’s Tax Cut and Jobs Act, which injected $2.3 trillion into an economy with a 4 percent unemployment rate in 2019.…
Mere days before the winter solstice this year, on December 17th, I had the opportunity to visit Stonehenge with my son and husband. Driving clockwise in roundabouts and on the left-hand side of narrow roads gave my brain a workout, but I could still spare a moment of shock as I crested the top of a hill and saw the lone group of large stones surrounded by fields and sheep.…
The Catskill Symphony Orchestra has been creating magic right here for 71 years. It began as a humble community orchestra, with students, SUNY faculty, and local musicians sharing the stage. Over the decades, it’s grown into a professional ensemble of more than 50 core members, performing up to five concerts a season. Under the baton of Conductor Charles “Chuck” Schneider and now Artistic Director Glen Cortese, the CSO has evolved into a true cultural gem.…
Reid Nagelschmidt was connected not only to me but also to my wife, Susan. She had the pleasure of having him as a student in kindergarten and in first grade (she moved to first grade as Reid passed to first). She liked him so much she chose to have him as a student again in first grade; and what a wonderful young student he was. Reid and Susan both claimed those were the best two years of elementary school.…
Throughout the visit, Assemblyman Miller, ONC BOCES District Superintendent Dr. Catherine Huber, and ONC BOCES Deputy Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Avery engaged in meaningful discussions focused on regionalization initiatives and possible legislation actions to support rural schools with the resources needed to provide students with equitable access to expanded learning opportunities.…
“The local community’s response to this program has been incredibly inspiring. We are so grateful to the Lucky Duck Foundation for their support,” said Mark Kirkby, program coordinator at Bassett Cancer Institute. “Our cancer patients face treatments, therapies, and other challenges with so much strength and resolve. We are honored that through this partnership with the Cooperstown Food Pantry we are able to take away the financial pressures and logistical challenges that can come with planning out meals and purchasing…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta December 26, 2024 Front Page Foundation Awards $5,000 to Food Program OCCA Expands Programs with National Grant Hamilton Named 2025 Ford C. Frick Award Winner Inside Assemblyman Celebrates BOCES CTE Equipment Enhancements Community Foundation Announces Fall Awards Five Honored by Fenimore Schuyler Lake and Fly Creek Methodists Plan Merger SUNY/Springbrook Announce New Direct Support Professionals Training Remembrances: Remembering Reid Nagelschmidt News Briefs News Briefs: December 26, 2024 Editorial Greetings, Friends Columns…
160 YEARS AGO: A Case of Manslaughter – In the little settlement of Toddsville, are two licensed taverns or saloons; one kept by Jabez R. Weeks; the other by J.T. Burk. They are understood to have been at enmity. On Friday afternoon last, a party of three or four men were engaged in drinking and amusing themselves at Weeks’. Toward evening they went over to Burk’s and commenced breaking tumblers, &c., Weeks being one of the party. Burk undertook to…